capsulitis Path.
(kæpsjuːˈlaɪtɪs)
[f. capsule + -itis.]
Inflammation of a capsule (e.g. of the eyeball); tenonitis.
| 1830 W. Mackenzie Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye x. 470 By the term aquo-capsulitis is meant inflammation of the cartilaginous membrane..which lines the internal surface of the cornea. 1884 H. R. Swanzy Handbk. Dis. Eye xxii. 414 Capsulitis, or Inflammation of the Capsule of Tenon, is an affection concerning the occurrence of which there is some doubt. 1951 W. S. C. Copeman in Brit. Encycl. Med. Pract. (ed. 2) V. 437 A number of these cases appear to progress to the formation of intra-capsular adhesions, resulting ultimately in what the Americans term the ‘frozen shoulder’, or ‘fibrosing capsulitis’. |